By
the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the
United States of America, including the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock
Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.), as amended, section 3203 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1988 (Public Law 100 - 180), and
section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered as
follows:

Section 1. The Secretary of Defense is designated
National Defense Stockpile Manager. The functions vested in the President by
the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, except the functions
vested in the President by sections 7, 8, and 13 of the Act, are delegated to
the Secretary of Defense. The functions vested in the President by section 8(a)
of the Act are delegated to the Secretary of the Interior. The functions vested
in the President by section 8(b) of the Act are delegated to the Secretary of
Agriculture.

Sec. 2. The functions vested in the President by
section 4(h) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, as amended (15
U.S.C. 714b(h)), are delegated to the Secretary of
Defense.

Sec. 3. The functions vested in the President by
section 204(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,
as amended (40 U.S.C. 485(f)), are delegated to the Secretary of Defense.

Sec. 4. In executing the functions delegated to
him by this Order, the Secretary of Defense may delegate such functions as he
may deem appropriate, subject to his direction. The Secretary shall consult
with the heads of affected agencies in performing the functions delegated to
him by this Order.

Ronald
Reagan

The
White House,

February 25, 1988.

[Filed with the Office
of the Federal Register, 10:58 a.m., February 26, 1988]